Harness-saddle



(No Model.) v I 0. TABE-R. HARNESS SADDLE.

No. 420,420. Patented Jan. 28, 1890.

I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ORRIN TABER, OF \VILTON, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TOTHE NASHUA SADDLERY HARDWARE COMPANY, OF NASHUA, NEW

HAMPSHIRE.

HARNESS-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 420,420, dated January28, 1890.

Application filed August 23, 1889- Serial No. 321,703. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ORRIN TABER, of Wilton, county of Ilillsborough,State of New Hampshire, have invented an Improvement 5 in Backing forSaddle-Tree Seats, of which the following description, in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on thedrawings representing like parts.

: Metallic seats for saddle-trees are made very thin for lightness, andin practice the seat is provided on its under side with a block whichserves as a backing'for the seat or filling for the space between theseat and tree.

been composed of a thin slab of wood cut out with a great deal of care,and when placed in position the intervening space around the loop forthe crupper-strap is filled with cem- 2o entitious material, which aftera period of time hardens. This composite blocknamely, wood and cement-isvery objectionable, as much time is required to cut out the slab ofWood, and much difficulty is encountered in applying the block to theseat to fit it and the tree.

- This invention has for its object to construct a backing orfilling-block for saddletree seats which may be made in a single 0 pieceof proper shape to fit the seat and tree without trimming and withoutcement, is non-metallic to insure lightness, and fibrous tovgive itstrength and durability.

The material which I prefer to employ is wood pulp, although any otherkind of pulp may be employed, and the blocks are formed in molds or diesand subjected to great pressure, the production being a non-metallicfibrous mold-finished article, oval and wedge shaped to fit the underside of the seat and fill the space, and having a' recess of sufficientThis block has, so far as I am aware,

depth to leave shoulders, said recess receiving the loop for thecrupper-strap.

Figure 1 shows an under side view of the backing or filling blockembodying this in- 5 vention; Fig. 2, a side view of the block shown inFig. 1, and Fig. 3 a vertical section of the block, taken on the dottedline 00 0c.

The backing or filling block Ais made somewhat oval in shape, having itsupper surface formed to contact with the broadened end of the seat, andis made wedge-shaped to fill the recess formed between the seat andtree.

The under side of the block A is rounded ofi smooth, but has a recessformed in it, as at a, with grooves a at to receive the loop for thecrupper-strap.

The backing or filling-block may vary in size according to the size ofthe seat, and also the recess in its under side may be of differcut areaor depth, and, if desired, the grooves a a may be omitted.

The block is fastened to the seat by screws, rivets, or other suitablefastenings.

The block is made, preferably, of wood pulp, although any other fibrouspulp may be employed, and it is molded in any usual or suitable mannercommon in the manufacture of articles from such material.

I claim A non-metallic fibrous mold-finished backing or filling-blockfor saddle-tree seats, comprising in a single piece an oval wedge-shapedblock having the recess a, substantially as and for the purposes stated.7 5

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

I ORRIN TABER.

Witnesses:

BERNICE J. NoYEs, E. J. BENNETT.

